Past Times

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Past Times is a large-scale 1997 painting by Kerry James Marshall that depicts Black figures leisurely boating and picnicking on a Chicago lakefront, critically reimagining traditional American pastoral scenes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artForm acrylic painting
collage elements
artisticTheme African-American middle class
American leisure culture
critique of art-historical canon
race and representation
social history of Chicago
urban pastoral
collection private collection
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
depicts American flag NERFINISHED
Black figures
Chicago lakefront NERFINISHED
Lake Michigan (Chicago) NERFINISHED
boating
dog
golf course
high-rise buildings
leisure activities
music boombox
park setting
picnicking
radio-controlled toy boat
sheet music
suburban landscape
genre history painting
pastoral art
hasPart musical notation
painted text
song lyrics
inception 1997
influencedBy American landscape painting
European pastoral painting tradition
languageOfText English
locationOfCreation Chicago NERFINISHED
mainSubject Black leisure
reimagining of American pastoral
movement African-American art
contemporary art
narrativeFocus Black presence in canonical art traditions
notableWorkOf Kerry James Marshall NERFINISHED
recordSetFor highest auction price for work by Kerry James Marshall at time of sale
saleYear 2018
soldAtAuction Sotheby’s New York NERFINISHED

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